Wheeler County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Wheeler County, Nebraska?
Only 54% of eligible citizens in Wheeler County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 74% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Small county: the Census estimate behind this number has a wide margin of error, so treat it as approximate.
Turnout in Wheeler County
In the November 2022 midterm, 354 of Wheeler County’s 661 eligible citizens voted: 53.6% turnout. That’s 6.3 points higher than Nebraska overall (47.3%) and 7.6 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 307 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 73.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 19.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Wheeler County ranks #49 of 93 counties in Nebraska for vote power (#1 has the lowest turnout, so each vote there counts for the most people).
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — register or check your status at vote.org.
| County | Rank | Turnout | Per vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County | #46 | 52.8% | 1.9 |
| Hitchcock County | #47 | 53.1% | 1.9 |
| Perkins County | #48 | 53.3% | 1.9 |
| Wheeler County | #49 | 53.6% | 1.9 |
| Frontier County | #50 | 53.7% | 1.9 |
| Holt County | #51 | 53.8% | 1.9 |
| Burt County | #52 | 54.1% | 1.8 |
See all 93 Nebraska counties ranked →